While auscultating a patient's lungs, a nurse recalls the alveoli in the apices of the lungs are _____ than alveoli in the bases.
A) larger
B) more numerous
C) more compliant
D) less perfused

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Alveoli in the apices of the lungs are larger than those in the bases due to the effects of gravity and the distribution of pleural pressure, which is more negative at the apex, leading to greater alveolar expansion.

While Auscultating a Patient's Lungs, a Nurse Recalls the Alveoli